Letter: No concern

The Daily News has been inundated with letters about changing the name of the Phil as if this is an important issue. Yet, the Medicaid issue of Obmacare is being ignored by the astute readers of this newspaper.

The Republican House in Florida appears ready to forgo the billions of dollars the federal government is required to pay to Florida if we accept the additional Medicaid coverage. The state will benefit under this Obamacare program by having thousands more Floridians with health care that is paid for entirely by federal funds for three years and 90 percent thereafter.

The Florida Republican Senate seems to be pushing a program that will accept about 75 percent of the federal dollars to cover 50 percent of the noninsured who would otherwise be covered.

Are the Republican (tea party) constituents of Naples unconcerned about this absurd fiscal and social policy disaster that is being perpetrated by their politicians in Tallahassee? It seems easier for the conservatives to ignore this issue than to justify their position. All voters should be outraged.

While the rest of the country benefits under the new Medicaid provisions, Floridians will pay higher taxes for less.